automation Event recap: What are robots capable of? – Morning Brew

Last week, Hayden talked all things automation with robotics experts Ayanna Howard, dean of Ohio State Universitys College of Engineering (and former NASA roboticist), and Clara Vu, cofounder and CTO of VEO Robotics.

ICYMI: Below is the event replay, and even further below are some written takeaways.

What can robots do? Where robots excel: repetition, strength, speed, and precision. Where they flail: judgment, flexibility, and unique artisanal tasks. Vu said this is why most commercially successful robots are focused on industrial applications, like agriculture, mining, and manufacturing.

When you talk to people who spend their lives trying to make robots do stuff, they really tend to come away with a deep appreciation for how amazing people areand how far we are from understanding how to make machines do what we do, Vu said.

Theory of mind: Vu, whose company builds products that enable robots and humans to safely work alongside one another, said a big challenge is getting humans to understand what the robot sees.

If youre building an automated system thats going to interact with people...the ability of a human to have a mental model that lets them reason about what the system is going to do is absolutely critical, Vu said. They have to be able to predict accurately what that system is going to do next.DM

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automation Event recap: What are robots capable of? - Morning Brew